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Robert Spencer and the Extremists, Continued

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Charles9/10/2009 7:05:49 pm PDT

re: #154 mikalm

But I’ll also posit that sometimes politicians lose control. Nixon’s 1962 CA gubernatorial defeat-speech has always seemed to be something of a meltdown to me.

Sure, they do lose control. They’re human beings. And some of them get drunk on power and do incredibly stupid things. See: Mark Sanford.

But most people have no idea how carefully scripted every action of a major politician is. There’s big money at stake.